Neil Kinnock - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Neil Kinnock Politician Born In Wales#6 About Politician in the British Labour Party who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1995 and Vice President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Before Fame He was born an only child and earned a degree in industrial relations and history from the University College of South Wales and Mommouthshire in 1965. Tracey Ullman - Celebrity information Tracey Ullman TRACEY ULLMAN Biography: Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British comedian, actress, and singer who is most famous for being the host of a variety television show bearing her name. Ullman has an extraordinary ability to mimic accents, with her numerous characters rarely sounding anything like her normal accent. Ullman was born in Slough, Berkshire, England to a Polish Catholic immigrant father and an English mother with Gypsy heritage.

Her early appearances were in British TV sketch comedy shows with Rik Mayall in A Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind with Lenny Henry and the English comedian David Copperfield. She also appeared with French and Saunders and Ruby Wax in Girls On Top. In 1983, she had great success as a singer on the legendary punk label Stiff Records, although her style was more comic romantic than punk. She had six songs in the British Top 100 in less than two years, including her first hit "Breakaway" (famous for her performance with a hairbrush as a microphone); the international hit "They Don't Know" (which got to #2 and was written by label-mate Kirsty MacColl, who also sang backing vocals), and the Madness cover version "My Guy" (whose video featured the British politician Neil Kinnock, at the time the Leader of the Opposition).

Her songs were over-the-top evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with an 1980s edge, "somewhere between Minnie Mouse and The Supremes" as Britain's Melody Maker put it, or "retro before retro was cool", as a retrospective reviewer wrote in 2002. The video for "They Don't Know" featured a cameo from Paul McCartney; at the time Ullman was filming a minor role in McCartney's film Give My Regards To Broad Street. Her final hit was "Sunglasses" at the end of 1984. During this time, she was also a guest VJ on MTV in the United States. A year later, she donned a blonde wig and took the role of a promiscuous gold digger named Candice Valentine in the ITV sitcom Girls On Top but jumped ship after one series. Ullman's U.S. television show, The Tracey Ullman Show, earned four Emmys and spawned The Simpsons, which was featured in very simple cartoon shorts (created by cartoonist Matt Groening at the behest of Ullman Show producer James L. Brooks).

In 1992 Ullman filed a lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles Superior Court over profits from the later half hour incarnation of The Simpsons for $2.5 million out of the estimated $50 million in profits reaped from merchandising. Years after her show went off the air, she said jokingly in a late night television interview that she hoped to one day have a regular 2-minute spot on The Simpsons. As Ullman has continued her professional relationship with former producer Brooks, only the studio and not Brooks was named in the suit. In fact, Brooks was allowed to videotape his testimony because in an only-in-Hollywood twist he was at that time directing Ullman in his later de-musicalized film I'll Do Anything. Ullman was unsuccesful and viewed by some as trying to greedily cash in on a project that she could not show in court that she had any hand in creating.

However, supporters point out that she only sought a small portion of merchandising from the studios slice that she felt her contract for the cancelled show entitled her to (a 12 page contract that was hastily signed only hours before filming on the first The Tracey Ullman Show was to commence). Ullman later appeared in Tracey Takes On... on HBO, which has been nominated and won several Emmy's including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 1997 for the episode "Vegas." She has featured in many films, including I Love You to Death, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Household Saints, Small Time Crooks, and A Dirty Shame. She was also the modern-day cartoon voice of Little Lulu. She also had a recurring role as Ally's unconventional therapist on the television series Ally McBeal. Ullman returned to HBO in the summer of 2005, with a special of her autobiographical one-woman stage show, Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed, which gained her another Emmy nomination.

In 2005, she announced her intention to attain full US citizenship on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and on December 26, 2005, Tracey Takes On... The Complete First Season was released on DVD from HBO Home Video. The Complete Second Season of Tracey Takes On... will also get the DVD treatment, June 27, 2006, from HBO Home Video. The set will include 'extended takes,' extra footage from the series. Tracey co-stars in the upcoming 2006 film, I Could Never Be Your Woman, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Ullman is due to publish a knitting book, with co-author, Mel Clark, Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun, due in September 2006. Ullman is married to producer Allan McKeown. They have two children, Mabel and Johnny. Achievements: Tracey Ullman free mp3 download Tracey Ullman as Angela Merkel Andrea Merkel, Merkel, Angela, Tracy Ullman.

2:01 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - Breakaway Tracey's first UK hit single reached the Top Five and launched a series of humorous video clips, several of which feature famous guest appearances. Download ... 2:46 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - Move Over Darling A UK Top Ten single for Tracey in 1983 which features a cameo from Hank Marvin. Download the Best of Tracey Ullman album on iTunes ... 2:36 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - Sunglasses Tracey Ullman and Adrian Edmondson together at last! Another UK Top 20 single. Download the Best of Tracey Ullman album on iTunes ... 3:02 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - My Guy A cover of the Madness song My Girl with lyrics suitably altered. It features appearances by British politician Neil Kinnock who, at the time, was the Head of the ... 3:12 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - Terry Tracey's cover of Kirsty MacColl's Terry peaked at No. 81 in the UK single chart early in 1985.

Download the Best of Tracey Ullman album on iTunes ... Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know - TOTP 1983 Top of the Pops 1983. Song written by Kirsty MacColl - RIP Kirsty, we miss you. Tracey Ullman - Breakaway (1983) HD 0815007 HQ-Video. Tracey Ullman - Breakaway (1983). 1964 von Irma Thomas als Break-a-Way released. 2:31 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman Bobby's Girl 1984 (fixed audio) I did not create this video. I just fixed the sound Remake of the 1962 classic by Marcie Blane Lyrics: I wanna be Bobby's girl I wanna be Bobby's girl That's the ... 2:31 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman They Don't Know About Us Live Tracey Ullman They Don't Know About Us Live You've been around for such a long time now Oh, maybe I could leave you but I don't know how And why should ...

Oh What A Night - Tracey Ullman Every night is an "Oh What A Night" for us. 2:33 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - They don't know (lyrics) You've been around such a long time now/ Oh baby I could leave you, but I don't know how/ And why should I be lonely every night/ When I can be with you/ Oh ... 2:59 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know About Us (1983) You've been around for such a long time now Oh maybe I could leave you but I don't know how And why should I be lonely every night When I can be with you, ... Tracey Ullman - They don't know Tracey Ullman - They don't know. 2:58 Play Stop Download Lyrics Tracey Ullman - Alone (1984) Released on the maxi single version of "Sunglasses" in 1984. Remake of the classic girl group hit by the Shepherd Sisters (#18 Pop in 1957, #14 UK). Also #8 ...

2:50 Play Stop Download Lyrics John Waters ITS A DIRTY SHAME Soundtrack Tracey Ullman Sits On A Bottle Doing The Hokey Pokey A short video I made using sound and images from the John Waters classic - ITS A DIRTY SHAME. Tracey Ullman They Don't Know slowed down version Description. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know - Nöjesmaskinen 1984 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know - From Swedish Nöjesmaskinen March 18, 1984. Me Singing Bobbys Girl (Susan Maughan, Marcie Blane, TRACEY ULLMAN, Aileen Quinn) me singing bobbys girl! (Susan Maughan, Marcie Blane, TRACEY ULLMAN, Aileen Quinn) 2:34 Play Stop Download Lyrics They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman (Cover by Jackson Wargo) Jackson Wargo covers They Don't Know by Kristy MacColl, which was made famous by Tracey Ullman and made redundant by Jackson Wargo. Free download ... Feeling Nostalgic???

- They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman 'Cause they don't know about us and they've never heard of love. Brief biography courtesy of Wikipedia Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British-born, now U.S. citizen, comedian, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author, who is most famous for being the host of her eponymous variety television show. Her early appearances were on such British TV sketch comedy shows as A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield ). She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated to the U.S. and ended up having her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later found even greater success producing programs for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous awards. She has also appeared in many feature films.

Tracey Ullman was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) to Antony Ullman, her Polish Roman Catholic father, and Dorin Ullman, her British mother, who was of Roma heritage. Antony had been a Polish soldier who was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Ullman's father sold furniture, booked travel, and brokered marriages. He also translated amongst the Polish community in the UK. When Ullman was six years old, her father died of a heart attack. He was fifty years old. In an effort to cheer the family up, Tracey recounted putting on shows in her mother's bedroom, performing along side her older sister, Patty. That first show was entitled, The Patty Ullman Show. "I was a spin-off!" recalled Ullman. In her nightly performances Tracey was able to mimic anyone and everyone, including neighbors, family members, friends, even celebrities. Soon after, Ullman's mother remarried. At age 12, one of Tracey's headmasters took notice of the young star's future potential, and recommended her to the Italia Conti Academy stage school.

Although the school gave Ullman her first taste of the stage, she does not look back at the period as being a joyous one. Ullman's biggest drawback was her dark features. During auditions, they would line the children up, and select them for roles. Young Ullman, ethnically, did not fit the criteria (the criteria being blonde-haired and blue-eyed). At age 16, Ullman began to find jobs as a dancer. One of her big breaks came when she landed a role in Gigi in Berlin. Upon returning to England, she joined the "Second Generation" dance troop. She also began to appear in variety shows. The exposure led to her being cast in numerous West End theatre musicals, including Grease, and The Rocky Horror Show. During this time Ullman learned of a competition at London's Royal Court Theatre for an improvised play about club acts. Deciding to enter, Ullman created the character Beverly, a born-again Christian chanteuse. Ullman proved to be a big hit and won the title of Best Newcomer Award. At this point, the BBC became interested, and offered her her own show.

In 1983, Ullman succeeded as a singer on the legendary punk label Stiff Records, although her style was more comic romantic than punk. She had six songs in the British Top 100 in less than two years, including her first hit "Breakaway" (famous for her performance with a hairbrush as a microphone); the international hit cover version of label-mate Kirsty MacColl's "They Don't Know," which went to #2 in the UK (#8, U.S.

- MacColl also sang backing vocals on Ullman's version), and which became the theme song to most of Ullman's later television series; and the cover of Madness's "My Girl," which Ullman changed to "My Guy's Mad At Me." (The "My Guy" video featured the British politician Neil Kinnock, at the time the Leader of the Opposition).) Her songs were over-the-top evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with a 1980s edge, "somewhere between Minnie Mouse and The Supremes" as Britain's Melody Maker put it, or "retro before retro was cool", as a retrospective reviewer wrote in 2002. Her career received another boost when the video for "They Don't Know" featured a cameo from Paul McCartney; at the time Ullman was filming a minor role in McCartney's film Give My Regards To Broad Street. Her final hit was Sunglasses (1984) whose video featured Adrian Edmondson. During this time, she also appeared as a guest VJ on MTV in the United States.

In October 2006, Ullman recounted her music days in the BBC Four documentary series, If It Ain't Stiff. Along with her stint in the music world, Ullman also moved into television. She began starring in sketch comedies for the BBC, A Kick Up the Eighties, and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). In 1985, she donned a blonde wig and took the role of a promiscuous gold digger named "Candice Valentine" on the ITV sitcom Girls On Top, but jumped ship after one season. At this point, US television beckoned, and television producer, legend, James L. Brooks, came calling. The two had discussed working together previously, but it wasn't until 1987 that the two formally got together and created The Tracey Ullman Show. Ullman played a variety of characters, completely disguised with the help of makeup, prosthetics, and even padding. The show was the first commercial hit for then unknown FOX channel.

Ullman proved to be a triple threat - she could act, sing, and dance, as well as providing ethnic accents for some of her characters (Tracey is one of the few non-Australian actors that can deliver lines in a realistic Australian accent). Paula Abdul began her career with the series, serving as the show's choreographer. The then practically unknown Abdul even used her early music recordings for the series' strenuous dance numbers. The Tracey Ullman Show earned four Emmys and spawned The Simpsons, which was featured in very simple cartoon shorts (created by cartoonist Matt Groening at the behest of Ullman Show producer James L. Brooks). In 1992 Ullman filed a lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles Superior Court over profits from the later half hour incarnation of The Simpsons for $2.5 million of the estimated $50,000,000 USD in profits reaped from merchandising. Years after her show went off the air, she said jokingly in a late night television interview that she hoped to one day have a regular 2-minute spot on The Simpsons.

Despite the lawsuit, Ullman would later provide the voice of "Emily Winthrop", a British dog trainer on The Simpsons in Bart's Dog Gets an F. As Ullman had continued her professional relationship with former producer Brooks, only the studio and not Brooks was named in the suit. In fact, Brooks was allowed to videotape his testimony because in an only-in-Hollywood twist he was at that time directing Ullman in his later de-musicalized film I'll Do Anything. Ullman was unsuccessful and viewed by some as trying to greedily cash in on a project that she could not show in court that she had any hand in creating. However, supporters point out that she only sought a small portion of merchandising from the studio's slice that she felt her contract for the canceled show entitled her to (a 12 page contract that was hastily signed only hours before filming on the first The Tracey Ullman Show was to commence). A settlement was reached where Ullman would receive a portion of the profits made from the show, although no amount was ever made public. It wasn't until 1993 that Ullman dove back into television, but this time, cable television.

Two specials were created allowing Ullman to bring life to a host of new characters. The first, Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, took a humorous jab at the British class system, and co-starred Monty Python alum Michael Palin. For the second, Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, Ullman decided to take on a more American topic, New York City. Both specials drew critical praise, and even awards. HBO became interested in doing a Tracey Takes On series, and Tracey and her husband, Allan McKeown, set up production in Los Angeles in 1995. Tracey Takes On... premiered 24 January 1996, on HBO. Each episode would focus on a topic for Ullman to 'take on' and examine. The series would have two to three long sketches, and many small interview-styled bits, with her many characters commenting on that week's topic. Unlike the FOX show, Tracey Takes On... was shot on location, not filmed in front of a live audience. The added freedom, and no censorship, cable television provided, fared well with Ullman.

Nothing was off limits, and a lesbian kiss with Tracey Ullman Show alum, Julie Kavner, kicked off the series' first episode. Ullman played both men and women of many ethnicities during the series' run, including an Asian donut shop owner, a (male) cab driver from the Middle East, and an African-American airport security guard. The series went on to win eight Emmys, numerous CableACE, and a host other media awards, and was critically acclaimed. In 1997, it won the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmy Award for the episode Vegas. In 1998, it was also published in book form by Ullman. The series was also awarded GLAAD awards for its portrayal of gay and lesbian characters. Tracey returned to HBO in the summer of 2005, with a special of her autobiographical one-woman stage show Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed, which garnered her another Emmy nomination. On 26 December 2005, Tracey Takes On... The Complete First Season was released on DVD from HBO Home Video. The Complete Second Season of Tracey Takes On...

was released 27 June 2006. Both sets contain commentary, extended footage, as well as the original HBO pilot. Ullman will make her return to television in 2008 in State of the Union for Showtime. Production is due to begin in the fall of 2007, with an order of at least five episodes. The series takes a satirical look at a day in the life of America. Ullman will create new characters as well as impersonate famous ones. The series will be shot in a cinematic fashion. Ullman was the modern-day cartoon voice of Little Lulu. She also had a recurring role as Ally McBeal's unconventional psychotherapist, a role which won her an American Comedy Award. Ullman co-starred with Carol Burnett in the television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress. Ullman played Princess Winnifred, a role originally made famous by Burnett on Broadway, who took on the role of the evil Queen.

On 5 December 2006, Tracey was inducted into the Museum of Television and Radio along with likes of Carol Burnett, Lesley Visser, Lesley Stahl, Jane Pauley, and Betty White, in the She Made It category. To date Ullman has seven Emmy wins. In 2006, Ullman released a bestselling knitting book called Knit 2 Together , with friend Mel Clark. Along with her television work, Tracey has featured in many films throughout her career. After the cancellation of The Tracey Ullman Show in 1990, she made her starring debut along side Kevin Kline, River Phoenix and Joan Plowright in I Love You To Death. Ullman has also appeared in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, Small Time Crooks, A Dirty Shame, and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. She had a small role in Paul McCartney's film "Give My Regards to Broad Street" Ullman portrayed "Mother Nature" in the 2007 romantic-comedy film, I Could Never Be Your Woman, starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

Ullman acted as creative consultant on the 2006 Dreamworks feature, Flushed Away. Tracey has signed on to voice along with such actors as Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Lloyd and Sigourney Weaver in the computer-animated The Tale of Despereaux. Ullman also had a bit part as an interviewee from stock footage in the movie The Queen with Helen Mirren. The footage was used without her permission. Ullman is married to producer Allan McKeown; they have two children, Mabel Ellen McKeown (b. April 1986) and John Albert Victor McKeown (b. August 1, 1991 in Santa Monica). Ullman announced in 2005 her intentions to become an American citizen; she became one in December 2006 . In 2006, Ullman topped the list for the "Wealthiest British Comedians", with an estimated wealth of ï¿½75 million. Want to share this page with some one? Click below Before you depart please sign the guest book Feel free to email Feeling Nostalgic???

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Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes ) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield ). After a brief but high-profile singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders . She emigrated from the UK to the US and created her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show , from 1987 until 1990, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later produced programmes for HBO , including Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999), for which she has won numerous awards. She has also appeared in several feature films. Ullman's most recent sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union , ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime .

Contents 14 External links Early life Ullman was born Trace Ullman in Slough , Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire ), the daughter of Dorin, of both British and Roma extraction, and Antony Ullman, a Polish Roman Catholic , who worked as a solicitor. [1] Ullman later recalled, "My real name is Trace Ullman, but I added the 'y.' My mother said it was spelled the American way, but I don't think she can spell! I always wanted a middle name. My mum used to tell me it was Mary but I never believed her. I looked on my birth certificate and I didn't have one, just Trace Ullman." [2] Ullman's father had been a Polish soldier evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. He subsequently worked as a furniture salesman and travel agent. When she was six, Ullman's father died of a heart attack while reading her a bedtime story. [3] He was 50 years old. In an effort to cheer up her family, Tracey recounts putting on shows in her mother's bedroom, performing alongside her older sister, Patti. That first show was entitled The Patti Ullman Show.

[3] "I was a spin-off!" recalled Ullman. In her nightly performances she would mimic neighbours, family members, friends, and celebrities. [3] Soon after, Ullman's mother remarried. At the age of 12, a headmaster saw Ullman's future potential, and recommended her to the Italia Conti Academy stage school. Although the school gave Ullman her first taste of the stage, she does not look back on it fondly. At the age of 16, Ullman began finding jobs as a dancer, and soon landed a role in Gigi in Berlin . [4] Upon returning to England , she joined the "Second Generation" dance troupe. [5] She also began appearing in variety shows. The exposure led to her casting in numerous West End musicals, including Grease , and The Rocky Horror Show . [6] During this time Ullman was cast in a play at London's Royal Court Theatre [7] for an improvised play about club acts. Entering the competition, Ullman created the character Beverly, a born-again Christian chanteuse. The performance was a big hit and she won the "Best Newcomer Award".

[8] The BBC became interested and offered her the chance to star in her own show. In 1983, Ullman took part in the workshops for Andrew Lloyd-Webber 's upcoming musical, Starlight Express , playing the part of Pearl. Music career In 1983, Ullman succeeded as a singer on the punk label Stiff Records , [9] although her style was more comic romantic than punk. [10] She had six songs in the UK Top 100 in less than two years. Her 1983 debut album, You Broke My Heart in 17 Places , featured her first hit single, " Breakaway " (famous for her performance with a hairbrush as a microphone ); the international hit cover version of label-mate Kirsty MacColl's " They Don't Know " went to No.2 in the UK, and No.8 in the U.S. MacColl sang backing vocals on Ullman's version. It would later become the theme song to Ullman's later television series, Tracey Takes On....

Follow-up singles, a cover of Doris Day 's "Move Over Darling", which reached No.8 in the UK, and the cover of Madness' "My Girl", which Ullman changed to "My Guy's Mad at Me", were released. [11] (The "My Guy" video featured the British Labour Party politician Neil Kinnock , at the time the Leader of the Opposition ) [12] Ullman's songs were over-the-top evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with a 1980s edge, "somewhere between Minnie Mouse and the Supremes " as the Melody Maker put it, or "retro before retro was cool", as a retrospective reviewer wrote in 2002. Her career received another boost when the video for "They Don't Know" featured a cameo from Paul McCartney ; at the time Ullman was filming a minor role in McCartney's film Give My Regards to Broad Street . [13] Ullman released her second and last album, You Caught Me Out , in 1984.

Her final hit, "Sunglasses" (1984), featured comedian Adrian Edmondson in its music video. During this time, she also appeared as a guest VJ on MTV in the United States. [14] In her HBO stand-up special, Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed , Ullman recreated her music career, recounting how she entered the business, and why she left it. Performances of many of her hit singles were also performed in front of an audience for the performance. In October 2006, Ullman took part in the BBC Four documentary series, If It Ain't Stiff, a mini-series dedicated to the history of the label. [15] A new "remastered" version of ...17 Places was released in 2007. Television career Early years Along with her stint in the music world, Ullman began working in television. Between 1981 and 1984 she starred in sketch comedies A Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind for the BBC.

In 1985, she donned a blond wig and took the role of a promiscuous gold digger named "Candice Valentine" on the ITV sitcom Girls On Top . She left after one season, due to being pregnant and giving birth to her first child in 1986.[ citation needed ] At this point, US television beckoned, and renowned television producer James L. Brooks came calling. The two had discussed working together previously, but it was not until 1987 that they created The Tracey Ullman Show . Ullman played a variety of characters, completely unrecognisable with the help of makeup, prosthetics and padding. The show was the first commercial hit for then unknown Fox channel. Paula Abdul served as the show's choreographer . The then-unknown Abdul even used her early music recordings for the series' strenuous dance numbers. The Tracey Ullman Show earned four Emmys and spawned The Simpsons , which was featured in simple cartoon shorts (created by cartoonist Matt Groening at the behest of Ullman Show producer James L. Brooks ).

Ullman provided the voice of Emily Winthrop, a British dog trainer on The Simpsons episode " Bart's Dog Gets an F " (1991). [16] In 1992 Ullman filed a lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles Superior Court over profits from the later half hour incarnation of The Simpsons . She wanted a share of The Simpsons' merchandising and gross profits and believed she was entitled to $2.5 million of the estimated $50 million Fox made in 1992. The Fox network had paid her $58,000 in royalties for The Simpsons as well as $3 million for the 3½ seasons her show was on the air. As Ullman had continued her professional relationship with former producer Brooks, only the studio and not Brooks was named in the suit. Brooks was allowed to videotape his testimony as he was in the middle of filming I'll Do Anything , in which Ullman appeared. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network. [17] [18] HBO Ullman returned to television in 1993, but this time in cable television.

Two specials were created allowing Ullman to bring life to a host of new characters. The first, Tracey Ullman: A Class Act , took a humorous jab at the British class system, and co-starred Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin . [19] For the second, Tracey Ullman Takes On New York , Ullman decided to take on a more American subject, New York City . [20] Both specials drew praise and awards. HBO became interested in doing a Tracey Takes On... series, and Ullman and her husband, Allan McKeown, set up production in Los Angeles in 1995. Tracey Takes On... premiered 24 January 1996, on HBO . Each episode would focus on a topic for Ullman to "take on" and examine. The series would have two to three long sketches, and many small interview-styled bits, with her many characters commenting on that week's topic. Unlike the Fox show, Tracey Takes On... was shot on location, not filmed in front of a live audience. Making the switch to a cable-produced series enabled Ullman free rein to do and say as she pleased.

A kiss with Tracey Ullman Show alum Julie Kavner kicked off the series' first episode. [21] Ullman portrayed characters, both male and female, made up of many ethnicities. This included an Asian donut shop owner, a (male) cab driver from the Middle East , and an African-American airport security guard. [22] The series went on to win eight Emmys , numerous CableACE Awards and a host of other media awards, and was critically acclaimed. In 1997, it won the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmy Award category for the episode Vegas. [23] In 1998 the series was published in book form, Tracey Takes On... . The series was also awarded GLAAD awards for its portrayal of gay and lesbian characters. Tracey Takes On... completed its four-season run in 1999. Oxygen stint In 2001, Ullman took a break from her character-based series and created a chat show for Oxygen , Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines. The show's main focus was fashion. Ullman had developed her own clothing website a few years prior.

Interviewees included Arianna Huffington and Charlize Theron . The series lasted for two seasons, and ended in 2002. Return to HBO A Takes On... spin-off pilot was produced in 2003, Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales . Tales spotlighted just one of Ullman's most popular characters, Ruby Romaine. The pilot aired, but no series was ever commissioned. Tracey returned to HBO in the summer of 2005, with her autobiographical one-woman stage show, Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed . [24] The show garnered another Emmy nomination. [25] Showtime Upon her naturalization in the United States, it was announced in April 2007 that she would be making the move from her 14-year working relationship with cable network, HBO, to the rival, Showtime . [26] Ullman was to create a brand new series for the network, that would be inspired in part by her recently gained naturalisation. [27] The series would focus on America, "the good, the bad, and the absolutely ridiculous", which also served as the series tag line.

Ullman credits senior programmer, Robert Greenblatt, as a big influence in her decision for the move, and the network's budding roster of hit shows. [28] Greenblatt was a young development director during her Tracey Ullman Show days, and was enthusiastic to get her over to Showtime. [29] Five episodes were ordered for the first season. For the first time since the early years of her career at the BBC, Ullman was not only creating a new lineup of original characters, but rather, also impersonating famous ones. [30] Tracey Ullman's State of the Union debuted on 30 March 2008. The critical response to "State of the Union" was overwhelmingly positive. [31] [32] [33] One critic pointed out a change in Ullman's humour: It’s been fascinating to watch Ullman evolve from, say, Imogene Coca and Carol Burnett to something leaner and meaner, like a young Whoopi Goldberg . Or Lenny Bruce , with his surreal jive and need to shock. Or Lily Tomlin , signaling in coded transmissions through a worm hole to some parallel universe.

Or Anna Deavere Smith , chameleon and exorcist, seeing around corners and speaking in tongues. Or, of course, Robin Williams , before all the bad films and worse career choices, a brilliant mind unmade of equal parts politics and paranoia, music video and psychotherapy , a scrambled shaman egghead and Jack–in–a–Pandora’s box. Think of America as performance art. [34] Ullman has commented that the United States is, "now able to laugh at itself more," embracing more satiric humour, rather than deeming it "unpatriotic". Now that she's an official citizen, Ullman joked that she, "won't end up in Guantánamo Bay ," [35] for speaking her mind. Ullman hoped to continue the series after season one. [36] Showtime announced that it had greenlighted a second season for 2009. [37] It was commissioned for a third run for 2010. Other notable work Ullman was the modern-day cartoon voice of Little Lulu .

[38] She also had a recurring role as an unconventional psychotherapist in Ally McBeal , a role that won her an American Comedy Award . [39] Ullman co-starred with Carol Burnett in the television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress . Ullman played Princess Winnifred, a role originally made famous by Burnett on Broadway, who took on the role of the evil Queen. [40] Film career Along with her television work, Ullman has featured in many films throughout her career. Her first theatrical film was a small role in Paul McCartney 's 1984 film Give My Regards to Broad Street . This was followed by a supporting role in the 1985 Meryl Streep drama Plenty which gained Ullman international acclaim for her comic and dramatic performance. Stock footage of Ullman was used in the film The Queen with Helen Mirren . The footage was used without her permission.[ citation needed ] Personal life Ullman married producer Allan McKeown on 27 December 1983; they have two children, Mabel Ellen McKeown (born 1986) and John Albert Victor McKeown (born 1991).

Mabel McKeown works for Harriet Harman in a job funded by the Labour Party . She unsuccessfully ran as Labour's candidate in the by-election in Cremorne in Kensington and Chelsea Council in 2010. She once contributed to the Huffington Post . [42] She has also campaigned for Labour in her native country. Ullman became an American citizen in December 2006 and now holds dual citizenship of the United States and the United Kingdom. [43] [44] In 2006, Ullman topped the list for the "Wealthiest British Comedians", with an estimated wealth of £ 75 million. [45] Filmography On 5 December 2006, Tracey was honored at the Museum of Television and Radio along with likes of Carol Burnett , Lesley Visser , Lesley Stahl , Jane Pauley and Betty White , in the She Made It category. In April 2009, it was announced that Ullman would be awarded a Lifetime Achievement BAFTA LA Award, the following May. She became the first recipient of the Charlie Chaplin award for comedy on 9 May 2009.

[48] Awarded London Critics' Circle Award Most Promising New Actress "Four in a Million" 1981 BAFTA Award Best Light Entertainment Performance "Three of a Kind" and "A Kick Up the Eighties" 1983 Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical) 1987 Emmy Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program "Tracey Ullman Show" 1988–89 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Performer of the Year 1988 Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program "Tracey Ullman Show" 1989–90 Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program "The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show" 1989–90 Theatre World Special Award 1991 Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series " Love & War " 1992–93 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Performer in a Television Special "Funny Women of Television" 1992 Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Programme "Tracey Ullman: Takes On New York" 1993–94 CableACE Award Best

 Performance in a Comedy Series "Tracey Ullman: Takes on New York" 1994 Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television 1995 [49] Emmy Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Tracey Takes On...

1996–97 CableACE Award Best Actress in a Comedy Series Tracey Takes On... 1996 CableACE Award Best Variety Special or Series Tracey Takes On... 1996 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Performer in a Television Special Women of the Night IV 1996 Golden Satellite Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) Tracey Takes On... 1997 The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Tracey Takes On... 1998 Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Ally McBeal 1998–99 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Leading Performer in a Television Series Tracey Takes On... 1998 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a Television Series Ally McBeal 1999 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Leading Performer in a Television Series Tracey Takes On... 1999 American Comedy Award Funniest Female Leading Performer in a Television Series Tracey Takes On... 2000 Satellite Awards – Best Performance in a Comedy Series, Tracey Ullman 2008 Bibliography

Question: In 1983 a British politician appeared with Tracy Ullman in a Pop Video. Who was the politician?
Answer: Neil Kinnock